The National Maritime Authority is conducting searches for a playful fisherman missing in Peniche after he went fishing on Saturday night and did not return.
© National Maritime Authority
11/10/2026
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A National Maritime Authority is conducting searches for a missing ludic fisherman, Saturday night, in the Baleal area in Peniche, it was said, in a statement.
“The National Maritime Authority is conducting searches for a 53-year-old playful fisherman, who is reported to be missing since last night [saturday], October 10, after leaving to engage in playful fishing in the Baleal area in the municipality of Peniche,” he said.
The authorities received an alert, at 07:30 today, through the Centro de Coordenação de Busca e Salvamento Marítimo de Lisboa to realize that “the man would have left home to fish yesterday [saturday] at 8:00 p.m. and had not returned”, having been “immediately initiated searches on the spot”.
The search operations are coordinated by the Captain of Porto and Local Commander of the Peniche Maritime Police and are engaged, by sea, crew members of the Peniche Lifeguard Station and elements of the Forensic Diving Group and Underwater Operations of the Maritime Police, and by land, elements of the Peniche Local Command, as well as the Republican National Guard (GNR), the Peniche Volunteer Firefighters, the Peniche Municipal Civil Protection Service and the Civil Protection Force.
“ An aircraft of the Portuguese Air Force will also be committed”, said.
In addition, the Maritime Police psychology office “has been activated and is supporting the victim’s relatives”.